NEW DELHI, INDIA ï¿½ JUNE 21: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur comes out after a meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy in New Delhi on June 21, 2010. (Photo by Shekhar Yadav/India Today Group/Getty Images) | Mail Today via Getty Images

“This is a social crime which depends on men and women. Sometimes it's right, sometimes it's wrong,“ said Gaur, the home minister responsible for law and order in the BJP-run central state of Madhya Pradesh.

The political leaders of Uttar Pradesh, the state where two cousins aged 12 and 14 were murdered last week, have faced criticism for failing to visit the scene and for accusing the media of hyping the story.